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Linda Aper and Bart Miller,
financial associates with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans in Logan
County, presented the $10,000 gift to George Dahmm, director of the
local project, on Tuesday evening, April 13. The group began
remodeling a house at 1409 N. Kankakee in Lincoln in January of this
year, and the presentation was made at the home.
[other
pictures from the Habitat/Thrivent gift presentation]
Also attending was Stuart
Barnes Jameison, regional director of the Midwest area of Habitat
for Humanity. Brenda Kodatt and two daughters of Lincoln, who were
selected from a group of eight applicants to purchase the home with
a no-interest loan, were also present.
Thrivent Financial for
Lutherans has allocated $1.28 million for 2004 to the organization's
Habitat for Humanity "Building Hope ... Building Homes" program,
which enables Lutheran volunteers and other interested community
members to assist someone in need.
Throughout the years, Thrivent
Financial for Lutherans and its predecessor organizations, Appleton,
Wis.-based Aid Association for Lutherans and Minneapolis-based
Lutheran Brotherhood, have provided approximately $10 million to
help build nearly 500 Habitat for Humanity homes. The organization
will fund its 500th Habitat home during the 2004 calendar year.
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"The generosity of Thrivent
Financial for Lutherans will allow concerned members of the
community help build not only a home, but a better life, for one of
their neighbors," said Mr. Dahmm. "The partnership that Habitat for
Humanity has had over the years with Thrivent Financial and its
predecessor organizations has allowed us to do a tremendous amount
of good for a wide variety of families in need."
Thrivent Financial for
Lutherans and its members provide approximately $200 million
annually for outreach programs and activities that support
congregations, schools, charitable organizations and needy
individuals.
Thrivent Financial for
Lutherans is a not-for-profit Fortune 500 financial services
organization helping nearly 3 million members achieve their
financial goals. Thrivent Financial and its affiliates offer a wide
range of financial solutions and had $62.4 billion in assets under
management as of Dec. 31, 2003. Securities are offered through a
wholly owned subsidiary, Thrivent Investment Management Inc., 625
Fourth Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn. 55415-1665.
For more information, visit
www.thrivent.com or call (800)
THRIVENT [(800) 847-4836].
[Thrivent Financial news release]
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